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Sweet potato and yam

sweet potato farming, Papua New Guinea

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Also Known As	Ipomoea batatas

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carotenemia What’s the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams?root root vegetable vegetable Ipomoea sugar beet Beta vulgaris onion potato ginger cassava yam beet carrot turnip

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George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

American agricultural chemist

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